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I am dyslexic as well, and have the exact experiences you describe. I wonder of a better "simulation" is the random subtle replacement of words in a text with o
by chrononaut 6y ago
I am dyslexic as well, and have the exact experiences you describe. I wonder of a better "simulation" is the random subtle replacement of words in a text with other words, as well as the subtle change of spelling of new or unfamiliar words (e.g., names). Not the best but maybe slightly better.
- craftinator 6y agoNot dyslexic, but I understand the symptoms fairly well after doing a couple research papers on it. In order to do a good simulation, I think there would need to be an eye movement sensor involved, so that when the eyes bounced back to a word to re-read it, corrected text could be swapped in. Do you think that would make a better sim?
- shoes_for_thee 6y agoSee, for example... when I first read this comment, I read: "Eye movement disorder involved," then I got to the bottom of the text, and re-read it correctly. This happens to me fairly often. Am I dyslexic?
- linuxftw 6y agoThis happens to me from time to time as well, not in this particular case. I think it's related to the fact that my mind has created a certain context, and I don't read with full attention. I will regularly skip over words unintentionally and "fill in the blanks". Sometimes I think this is an artifact of occasionally looking at groups of words as a single term. If I read each word deliberately, I don't encounter this problem. From my understanding of dyslexia, this is not it.
- chrononaut 6y agoActually yeah, that sounds a lot better. You're right, if there's no eye movement tracking, people who are not dyslexic would immediately stumble on the text.